Matt Phelan is an award-winning, New York Times best-selling author/illustrator of picture books, middle-grade novels and graphic novels for young readers. Recent books include “The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck: A Tale from the Age of Wonder,” “Leave It… Continue Reading
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Knudsen, Michelle
Michelle Knudsen is the New York Times best-selling author of more than fifty books for children and young adults, including the award-winning “Library Lion” (Time magazine’s 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time). Other titles include the picture book “Luigi,… Continue Reading
Deaver, Jeffery
Jeffery Deaver is an international #1 best-selling author. His novels have appeared on best-seller lists around the world. His books are sold in 150 countries and translated into 25 languages. He has served two terms as president of Mystery Writers… Continue Reading
Wiles, Deborah
Deborah Wiles spent her childhood summers in Mississippi with wacky relatives who populate her fiction, including the beloved “Freedom Summer” and “Love, Ruby Lavender.” She is a two-time National Book Award finalist, recipient of a PEN/Naylor fellowship and a Jane… Continue Reading
Russell, Nikki
Nikki Russell graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education. She taught first grade until landing her dream job as the illustrator for The New York Times best-selling children’s book series, “Dork Diaries.” She will… Continue Reading
Aymar, E.A.
Booklist wrote of multiple Anthony Award-nominated E.A. Aymar’s most recent thriller, “When She Left,” “This would appeal to fans of Elmore Leonard…with high-stakes violence tempered by humor and disarmingly sympathetic antiheroes.” His previous thriller, “No Home for Killers,” received praise… Continue Reading
Eckstine, Erin Crosby
Erin Crosby Eckstine is an author of speculative historical fiction and personal essays. Born in Montgomery, Ala., Erin grew up between the South and Los Angeles before moving to New York City, where she taught high school English for six… Continue Reading
Vogel, Steve
Steve Vogel is a veteran journalist who reported for The Washington Post for more than two decades, writing extensively about military affairs. His reporting about the war in Afghanistan was part of a package of Washington Post stories selected as… Continue Reading
Elliott, L. M.
L. M. Elliott was a senior writer with Washingtonian magazine before becoming an award-winning, New York Times best-selling author of 14 historical and biographical fictions. Her YA novels include “Under a War-Torn Sky;” “Bea and the New Deal Horse;” “Hamilton… Continue Reading
Zuravleff, Mary Kay
Mary Kay Zuravleff is the author of “The Frequency of Souls,” winner of the American Academy’s Rosenthal Award and nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction; “The Bowl Is Already Broken,” which The New York Times called “a tart, affectionate… Continue Reading